Russia - Supreme Court of Russian Federation, judgment №57-АД15-1

Court name: Supreme Court
State: Russian Federation
Date of decision:
Legal instruments: European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Other international law
Key aspects: Access to social and economic rights, Country of return, Deportation and removal, Protection, Respect for private and family life

The applicant is a stateless person, who committed an administrative offence of drug abuse, and was sentenced to administrative detention and expulsion. The Court considered that in his specific circumstances, which included statelessness and long-term residence in Russia since childhood, expulsion would be a disproportionate measure at risk of violating Russia's international human rights commitments, and reduced the sentence to administrative detention only. 

Czech Republic - Supreme Administrative Court, H. A. A. v Ministry of Interior

Court name: Supreme Administrative Court
State: Czech Republic
Date of decision:
Legal instruments: 1954 Statelessness Convention, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
Key aspects: Protection, Respect for private and family life, Stateless status and documentation, Statelessness determination

Stateless people should be granted a legal status and identity card during the statelessness determination procedure. The State's failure to grant a right to stay on the territory while waiting for a decision is in violation of the applicant's right to respect for private and family life.